« Reply #125 on: Thursday 07 June 18 04:01 BST (UK) »
its a thought and if he was in Tasmania he could have been a convict. He married Ellen in 1850, their first recorded child was Ellen in 1852 but there is Martha Augusta who we have not yet found and she is a key link to the family line of names.
Yes, I do realise this but you know how the mind works in genealogy & as you say, he could have been a convict which is what I was wondering & with the name & dates, it just sort of jumped out

Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie
Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)
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